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J Am Soc Echocardiogr
; 13(3): 232-9, 2000 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10708473
ABSTRACT
Echocardiography is ideal for localizing cardiac foreign bodies and for characterizing associated cardiac and vascular injury before and during extraction. We report 5 cases of traumatic and iatrogenic cardiac foreign bodies that illustrate the central role of transthoracic and transesophageal ultrasonography in the management of these patients.